MATTER OF KYNG F.

Docket No. NN-08013/20. Appeal No. 15584. Case No. 2020-03866.

203 A.D.3d 597 (2022)

162 N.Y.S.3d 734

2022 NY Slip Op 02058

In the Matter of Kyng F., an Infant. Kareem F., Appellant; Administration for Children's Services, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided March 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Kahn , New York, for appellant.

Georgia M. Pestana , Corporation Counsel, New York ( Rebecca L. Visgaitis of counsel), for respondent.

Kenneth M. Tuccillo , Hastings on Hudson, attorney for the child.

Concur—Kern, J.P., Moulton, Rodriguez, Pitt, Higgitt, JJ.


There is a sound and substantial basis in the record for Family Court's finding that the child would face imminent risk of harm if returned to the father's care (see Family Ct Act § 1028[a][ii]; Nicholson v Scoppetta, 3 N.Y.3d 357, 369 [2004]). The neglect petition charged that the father had committed acts of domestic violence against nonrespondent mother in the child's presence, and the case worker testified concerning...

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